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Webster 1913 Edition
Exhilarate
Ex-hil′a-rate
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Exhilarated
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exilarating
.] [L.
exhilaratus
, p. p. of exhilarare
to gladden; ex
out + hilarare
to make merry, hilaris
merry, cheerful. See Hilarious
.] To make merry or jolly; to enliven; to animate; to gladden greatly; to cheer;
as, good news
exhilarates
the mind; wine exhilarates
a man.Ex-hil′a-rate
,Verb.
I.
To become joyous.
[R.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Exhilarate
EXHIL'ARATE
,Verb.
T.
To make cheerful or merry; to enliven; to make glad or joyous; to gladden; to cheer. Good news exhilarates the mind, as good wine exhilarates the animal spirits.
EXHIL'ARATE
,Verb.
I.